Sealed container to facilitate the opening thereof.



c. G. C.' CHRISTIE. SEALED CONTAINER Tb FACILITATE THE OPENING THEREOF.

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APPLICATION FILED MA-Y 29- I91].

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Patented A r. 29, 1919.

C. G. C. CHRISTIE. I SEALED CONTAINER T0 FACILITATE THE OPENING THEREOF.

. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29,191]. r 1 ,302,1 32, Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- CHARLES GRANT CAMPBELL CHRISTIE, OF STMIHFIELD, NEARSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

SEALED CONTAINER TO FACILITATE THE OPENING THEREOF.

' i Application filed May 29, 1917. Serial Ito. 1713M.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnnEs GRANT CAMP- .BELL CHRISTIE, a subject of theKing of Great Britain, residing at Telarah, Yarmouth Road, Strathfield,near Sydney, in the State of New South Wales, in the Commonwealth ofAustralia, have invented new and useful Improvements in and Relating toSealed Containers'to Facilitate the Opening Thereof, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention refers to containers which when closed are sealedgenerally by paper as a wrapper or label pasted over the closure thoughsometimes by paper like fabric or by other material which may be easilysevered -or parted by a cord or fine wire and which containers may bebottles with a plug or stopper or a cork or jars or the like with a plugor stopper or a cap or and more commonly metal cans with a cap or coveror a hinged lid. And this invention relates .to improvements whereby thesealing of the closure is simply attained and means for the destructionof the seal provided for whereb the destruction of the seal -may bequickly e fected and whereby the removal of the cork, the plug, the capor the cover 01' the opening of the lid is much facilitated.

'The characteristic or main principle of this invention is comprised inthe feature that-after the close of the container is effected a threador twine or wire hereinafter termed the cutting cord is wound oncearound the container or around the plug or the stopper or the cap or thecover or the lid (each plug, stopper, cap, cover or lid beinghereinafter termed the closure) at or near the exposed edge of eithertl'lGCOIltillIfiI or the closure where it meets the edge or ody of theother. The seal or label or wrapper' is then applied by pasting orotherwise leaving a protruding end of the cutting cord the same todiiferent'containerswill now be.

exposed and the fast end of this cutting cord is placed between themeeting parts of the container and the closure and it is preferablyprovided with a knot or stop or loop whereby the closure is withdrawn orlifted from the container as said cord is being pulled out of'position.I

But in order that the invention may be clearly understood variousapplications of described with reference to the drawings,

accompanying and forming part of this complete specification.

improvements applied thereto and showing respectively the containerclosed and sealed and the container with seal severed and lid raised.Fig. 7 is a view of a cutting cord with a stop at one end. Fig. 8 is asectional elevation of the neck of a bottle with the presentimprovements applied thereto. Fig. 9 is an elevation of the cork of saidbottle with the loop of the cutting cord therethrough. Fig. 10 is a viewof a cutting cord with a loop acting as a stop at one end.

And Fig. 11 is a sectional elevation of the neck of a jar with thepresent improvements applied thereto.

In closing a removable cap container 11 (Figs. 1 and 2) the cord 6 islaid over the cap 8 and the stops 9 are placed within the open containertop or a loop 13 (as in Fig. 10) is somewhat loosely placed over the cap8 and said cap pushed upon said top. And in sealing the closed container5 the free end 7 of the cutting cord 671 is wound around the container11 at or under the edge of the rim 10 of the cap and the sealing labelor Patented Apr. 29, rare.

wrapper is pasted thereover and on the container as ordinarily but anoverlapping end of the cord is left free and protrudes beyond theoverlap of the label or wrapper.

To free thecap 8 from the container the protruding end 7 of the cuttingcord 67 is pulled thus severing or parting the label and destroying theseal and allowing the cap 8 to be removed as ordinarily. When the stops9 or'loop 13 is used a finger is inserted under the cross over orexposed part of the cord and the cap is removed from the container bythe loop 13 pulling said cap ofi' or likewise the stops 9 revent saidcord from freeing itself until t e edge of the cap rim reaches the topedge of the container and so frees the cap.

lin closing a bottle container 12 in order to prevent an air space beingformed as when a, loop is placed entirely around the cork the end of thecutting cord 6 is threaded through an orifice 13 previouslymade in thecork and then looped as at 13 on the cutting cord 6 and is placedlongitudinally around the cork or plug 14 (Figs. 8, 9 and 10) the latteris pressed into the neck of the container 12 and the free end of cuttingcord 7 is then wound around the neck 15 of the container 12. The sealingwrapper or capsule 16 is nOW pasted over said'cord and on the containerflattening the prOtllldiIlg portion of loop 13 upon the top or end ofthe cork or plug 14 and leaving the free end 7 of the cord 6 protrudingbeyond the edge of the sealing wrapper 16.

To free the plug 14 from the container 12 the protruding end of the cord7 is pulled cutting up through the wrapper 16 and pulling up the looseprotruding portion of loop 13 so that a finger may be placed thereinfreeing the stopper or cap 18 and allowing same to be removed from thecontainer 17.

In closing a metal container 20 having a hinged lid 21 (Figs. 5 and 6)the end of cord 6 bearing a stop 9 is placed within the open top of thecontainer the hinged lid 21 closed or shut thereon the loose end of thecord wound around said container 20 at the edge of the flange 22 of saidlid and the label or wrapper 23 pasted thereover and on the containerand the lid with the end of the cord protruding from the overlap of.

said label or wrapper.

T 0 free and lift the lid 21 the cord end 7 is pulled the cord 6 thussevering-the wrapper 23 and lifting the lid the stop 9 or long end ofthe cord within the container 20 on the end of cord 7 allowing the cordto pull the lid up until the edge of the flange 22 thereon has reachedor nearly reached the top of the container when the lid can be raised'oropened further as desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. In a container provided with a flanged closure and a frangibleseal, means for rupturing said seal and opening said closure.

a portion of said filament wrapped about said container adjacent to theline of joinder of said closure and container.

. 3. In a container provided with a flanged closure and a frangibleseal, means for rupturing said seal and opening said closure consistingof a filament having two stops attached thereto at intervals, said stopsdepending inside the container at opposite sides thereof, the filamentintermediate the stops passing between the container and flanged closureand across the top outside of the latter, a portion of said filamentbeing wrapped about said container adjacent the line of joinder of saidflanged closure and the container and secured beneath the seal,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name t this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES GRANT CAMPBELL CHRISTIE. Witnesses i i PERCY NEWELL,

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